Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 289: Sea of ​​Dead Souls

Wang Xiaolei's sixth soul skill, Death and Decay, which he used with all his strength, was completely destroyed by the powerful light force released by the focusing bracelet.

The purple-black aura of death that originally covered the sky and the sun dissipated completely under the purification of the golden light.

Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, Ma Hongjun launched a fierce counterattack without hesitation.

His aura suddenly surged, and blazing phoenix fire instantly enveloped his fists.

The flame was like a lively elf, emitting scorching heat as it jumped and flashed. Ma Hongjun gritted his teeth, gathered all his strength, and launched a violent flurry of punches at Wang Xiaolei opposite him.

Every punch he threw brought up a gust of high-temperature wind, like a small storm, raging in the surrounding air.

The spectators around the stadium were instantly ignited when they witnessed this scene. They could no longer suppress their inner excitement and couldn't wait to cheer loudly for Ma Hongjun.

In their eyes, Wang Xiaolei, who appeared in the form of a skeleton and exuded an evil aura, was so terrifying and hideous that it made people shudder.

At this moment, they were fully expecting Ma Hongjun to press on with the victory and defeat Wang Xiaolei completely in one fell swoop, preferably killing him on the spot to relieve their fear and disgust towards this evil figure.

As Ma Hongjun's fists hit Wang Xiaolei again and again, the aftermath of the collision between the two of them surged wildly in the air.

The powerful impact made the surrounding air seem to boil. In this fierce confrontation, the dark red flames that were originally beating violently in Wang Xiaolei's eyes dimmed a bit, and it was obvious that he had suffered a considerable impact.

Ma Hongjun also retreated several steps due to the recoil force. On the surface, the two sides seemed to be in a stalemate with equal strength.

However, Ma Hongjun did not stop there. A huge and majestic shadow of a fire phoenix slowly emerged behind him.

The fire phoenix radiated a fiery light all over its body, with its wings spread out as if it was about to break through the sky. Ma Hongjun looked up at the sky and let out an extremely loud phoenix cry.

Immediately afterwards, he exerted force with his feet and rushed towards Wang Xiaolei again like an arrow.

Just as Ma Hongjun was charging, a pair of pale bone claws suddenly stretched out from the ground again.

These bone claws were baring their fangs and carrying a sinister aura, trying to grab Ma Hongjun's legs and stop him from moving forward.

But the phoenix shadow behind Ma Hongjun seemed to have life, instantly igniting the surrounding air.

The blazing flames quickly formed an extremely solid flame shield around Ma Hongjun.

This flame shield emitted extremely high temperatures. The bone claws that tried to get close were instantly burned to ashes by the Phoenix True Fire as soon as they touched the flame shield, and turned into wisps of green smoke that floated in the air.

Wherever Ma Hongjun passed, the bone claws that kept emerging from the ground were shattered and evaporated under the scorching heat of the Phoenix True Fire, and could not pose any obstacle to him at all.

The soul fire that was dancing in Wang Xiaolei's eyes now flashed with a barely perceptible panic.

Just now, in the eyes of others, he and Ma Hongjun seemed to be in a situation of equal strength, but only he knew the feeling of it.

In fact, in the previous confrontation, he was unable to increase the distance between himself and Ma Hongjun as he wished, and his carefully executed soul skills failed to defeat the opponent.

He was perceptive and realized that he had unknowingly fallen into a disadvantage in this battle.

Wang Xiaolei is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of his own fighting style. He has always been good at long-range attacks. With various strange and powerful soul skills, he can launch fatal blows on the enemy from a distance.

However, speed is his biggest shortcoming that he cannot avoid. It is a completely unrealistic fantasy for him to rely on the speed advantage to increase the distance between him and his opponent so as to better display his long-range attack methods.

In this situation, continuously launching attacks, blocking the opponent's offensive as much as possible, and disrupting the opponent's rhythm became his only viable way of fighting.

The current situation was urgent and he could not afford any hesitation. He suddenly grabbed in the air with his right claw, and in an instant, the third soul ring shone with dazzling light.

Along with the flash of light, a dark purple bubble appeared out of thin air and quickly enveloped his entire body in a strange posture. The bubble seemed illusory, but it faintly emitted a powerful soul power fluctuation.

Then, he stretched his bony arms to the left and right sides of his body. The already strange purple-black lines on his body seemed to be ignited by some invisible flame and instantly lit up, making him look even more eerie and terrifying.

As his arms stretched out, his fourth soul ring also burst into dazzling light.

For a moment, pieces of purple-black light overflowed from under his feet like a tide, quickly spreading to the surrounding ground.

This was his third soul skill, Death Guardian, and his fourth soul skill, Sea of ​​Death. Wang Xiaolei's most powerful attack was usually achieved by unleashing his incredibly powerful fifth and sixth soul skills under the influence of the Sea of ​​Death.

This set of combined skills can often unleash powerful force in battle, making it difficult for the opponent to defend against it.

However, the previous battle progressed too quickly. Ma Hongjun's attack was like a tide, coming quickly and decisively, catching him off guard. As a result, he was unable to use the key skill of the Sea of ​​Undead in time.

The Sea of ​​Dead Souls is an extremely special ability. It is similar to the domain skills possessed by some powerful soul masters, but there are essential differences.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a field in the true sense. The range of this skill is relatively limited and can only be used within a circular area with a diameter of ten meters.

Moreover, once it is unleashed, the sea of ​​undead will not move with Wang Xiaolei's movements, but will remain fixed in place.

However, within the scope of this sea of ​​​​the dead, there are many magical and terrifying effects.

All soul skills released in it will be greatly enhanced and their power will be multiplied. In addition, the Sea of ​​​​Death also has a very core ability - nourishing the resentful spirits, allowing those resentful spirits that were damaged in battle or even on the verge of dissipation to have a chance to be reborn.

The core ability of the Sea of ​​Undead can greatly enhance his endurance by consuming the resentful spirits in battle.

After all, all the evil soul masters who can fight on behalf of the Holy Spirit Church are people who have gone through layers of screening and have amazing abilities.

Each of them possesses a unique and powerful martial spirit, as well as their own unique fighting style and methods.

As one of them, Wang Xiaolei naturally has his own trump card and combat strategy. At this moment, he uses these two soul skills to try to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Ma Hongjun approached Wang Xiaolei quickly and was in front of him in the blink of an eye. He suddenly raised his head and a beam of extremely hot phoenix fire shot out of his mouth.

The line of fire was like a nimble fire snake, sweeping towards Wang Xiaolei with the momentum to destroy everything.

At the same time, he raised his right hand slightly. The action seemed casual but contained murderous intent. In an instant, a circle of red magic circle emitting a burning breath suddenly appeared on the ground under Wang Xiaolei's feet.

The patterns of the magic circle flowed, and faint flames could be seen flickering and jumping in it, as if a powerful force would burst out at any time.

However, when the surging Phoenix Fire Line rushed into the range of the Sea of ​​Undead cast by Wang Xiaolei, incredible and strange changes occurred instantly.

The purple-black light in the Sea of ​​Undead surged like a tide, completely enveloping the Phoenix Fire Line in the blink of an eye.

The originally blazing Phoenix Fire Line was instantly covered by a layer of eerie purple-black, as if it were swallowed by darkness.

Although the Phoenix True Fire possessed great power and extremely high temperature, it quickly began to melt the layer of purple-black light, but during this confrontation, the energy of the Phoenix Fire Line was also constantly consumed.

By the time the Phoenix Fire Line finally broke through numerous obstacles and arrived in front of Wang Xiaolei, it had exhausted all its energy and dissipated powerlessly in the air, failing to cause any harm to Wang Xiaolei.

Wang Xiaolei quickly made a strange up and down rhythmic movement with his hands. At this moment, he no longer cared about the massive consumption of his soul power, and only wanted to resist Ma Hongjun's attack.

As he moved, layers of ice emitting a strong aura of resentful spirits spread rapidly in an extremely strange way.

The ice was extremely cold, and the air froze wherever it passed. The ice quickly spread to the red magic circle on the ground, like a huge ice net, firmly suppressing the pillar of fire that was trying to burst out.

The pillar of fire was about to erupt under the heavy pressure of the ice, but it was unable to break through the restraints and could only emit a dull roar.

You know, the Phoenix True Fire is, at the very least, the ultimate fire with an extremely high temperature. Facing such a powerful flame, Wang Xiaolei had no other choice but to rely on the massive output of soul power and the absolute advantage in numbers to forcibly break Ma Hongjun's astonishingly powerful Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike.

Ma Hongjun couldn't help but snort coldly when he saw this. He stopped steadily at the edge of the Sea of ​​Dead Souls. Then, his fifth soul ring suddenly shone with dazzling light.

As the light bloomed, the huge phoenix shadow behind him appeared again, but this time the phoenix shadow spread its extremely wide wings, as if it was about to soar into the sky.

At the same time, red magic circles emitting a fiery aura appeared one after another in front of and behind him like stars.

A moment later, huge fireballs poured out from the magic circle and poured down towards the Sea of ​​​​Death like raindrops.

These fireballs, carrying extremely high temperatures, rushed towards Wang Xiaolei with a roar. Wherever they passed, the air was burned and distorted, making a "sizzling" sound.

This is Ma Hongjun’s fifth soul skill - Phoenix Meteor Shower, a terrifying storm composed of flames, fiercely attacking Wang Xiaolei.

(End of this chapter)